Fr. George Dragas is the Professor of Patristics at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and arguably the greatest scholar on a Saint very dear to us, St. Athanasius the Apostolic.

Of course Fr. George is not OO, but I posted this because its an incredible lecture and particularly in the Q&A Fr. George has some important things to say about the relationship between the OO & EO. The video is about 1.5 hrs long.

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"Be oppressed, rather than the oppressor. Be gentle, rather than zealous. Lay hold of goodness, rather than justice." -St. Isaac of Nineveh

“I returned to the Coptic Orthodox Church with affection, finding in her our tormented and broken history“. -Salama Moussa

I don't know if anyone will be interested but the podcast of the last of three talks on prayer is now available online. It is a talk I gave at our monthly mid-week prayer and study meeting at our British Orthodox mission in the East End of London.

If you pay attention to what he's saying at 3:10, five seconds later, as he's talking about light and brightness, the sun breaks through the clouds and comes pouring through the altar windows. Pretty cool, God!

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"Do not tempt the Mor thy Mod."

Mor no longer posts on OCNet. He follows threads, posts his responses daily, occasionally starts threads, and responds to private messages when and as he wants. But he really isn't around anymore.

In this audio lecture from the Discovering Orthodoxy catchesis, Father Peter Farrington considers the differences between the texts of our prayers, and actually doing prayer and becoming prayers ourselves. The Fathers of the Church give us some instruction on having an aim for our spirituality.

Not to be a wet blanket, but St. Mark's in DC, which is featured prominently on the "Orthodox Sermons" Youtube channel linked above, has recently been the subject of some controversy regarding its practices and theology. I am not taking sides in any argument, but it has been brought to my attention that HH Pope Tawadros II has sent a committee to visit the DC-area churches to investigate complaints against them. The recommendations of the committee and HH's decision have not been made public, but the fact that this step has been taken is no doubt a serious matter.

Not to be a wet blanket, but St. Mark's in DC, which is featured prominently on the "Orthodox Sermons" Youtube channel linked above, has recently been the subject of some controversy regarding its practices and theology. I am not taking sides in any argument, but it has been brought to my attention that HH Pope Tawadros II has sent a committee to visit the DC-area churches to investigate complaints against them. The recommendations of the committee and HH's decision have not been made public, but the fact that this step has been taken is no doubt a serious matter.

I hope they go to the CA churches next...I've been to some youth meetings after which I vowed never to attend again due to the Protestant nature of the lectures and such...seriously, it'ssad...

"The Transfiguration of God and Man" by Fr. Moses Samaan, a priest serving in the Diocese of Southern California. Here, he offers a sermon on the goal of salvation in mankind, i.e. theosis, as typified in the Transfiguration of Christ on Mt. Tabor

Not to be a wet blanket, but St. Mark's in DC, which is featured prominently on the "Orthodox Sermons" Youtube channel linked above, has recently been the subject of some controversy regarding its practices and theology. I am not taking sides in any argument, but it has been brought to my attention that HH Pope Tawadros II has sent a committee to visit the DC-area churches to investigate complaints against them. The recommendations of the committee and HH's decision have not been made public, but the fact that this step has been taken is no doubt a serious matter.

I hope they go to the CA churches next...I've been to some youth meetings after which I vowed never to attend again due to the Protestant nature of the lectures and such...seriously, it'ssad...

Good for you, GODlovesme. I recommend you let H.G. Anba Serapion know.

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My sins run out behind me and I do not see them, but today I am coming to judge the errors of another.